People
They named America after me.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The only colony in the New World belonging to Portugal.
What is Brazil?
The first Europeans to reach the New World.
Who are the Vikings?
Native tribe that lived in the Northeast and used longhouses.
What are the Iroquois?
A very large estate used for farming, usually cash crops.
What is a plantation?
The Spanish Motto.
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
I am given credit for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The country that controlled the Northeast coast of North America.
What is England?
This passage was used to cart slaves from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
Native tribe that lived in the Northwest and lived in Wampums.
What were Algonquians?
Agreement between tribes of the Northeast to join in one Confederation.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
Reasons why Europeans first decided to sail west, and why they did not do so sooner.
What is the desire to find a route to Asia, the need for gold and glory, and terrible currents?
I sailed the ocean blue in 1492!
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A group of people settled in a distant land who are still controlled by their Mother Country. They provide raw materials to the Mother Country.
What is a colony?
This nation had a monopoly on trade going in and out of the Middle East after the Crusades and was chasing their former Renaissance glory.
What is Italy?
This was Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brutally conquered the Americas.
What is a Conquistador?
The Viking colony in North America
What is Newfoundland?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
The reason why the Atlantic Slave Trade began.
What is mass death of indigenous slaves?
I conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Describe one result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is Native American population decreased / Global exchange of goods and ideas?
A trade network that was established shortly after the settlement of the New World.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Highest social class in the Spanish colonies. 100% Spanish born in Spain.
Who are Spaniard?
Gave Spanish settlers the right to demand labor and taxes from Native Americans.
What is the Encomienda?
Three items that came from the new world.
Squash, Avocados, Peppers, Sweet Potatoes, Turkey, Pumpkins, Tobacco, Quinine, Cocoa, Pineapples, Beans, Potatoes, Peanuts, Tomatoes, Vanilla, Maize
I found the route to India for Portugal.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
The European nation that settled Canada.
What is France?
This nation controlled the ocean routes around Africa to India and China.
What is Portugal?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Part Spanish and Part Native American.
Who are Mestizos?
The economic system used to justify colonialism and the use of colonies to enrich Mother Countries.
What is mercantilism?
How were tribes in the California Territory different from tribes in the Mississippi Territory?
Less fighting, different crops, ways of life, etc.